Dust-pan.



J. GUGORA & C. D. FLAMM. DUST PAN. APyLIoATIoNrILnD MAR. so, 1909.

934,909. Patented Sept. 2.1, 1909.

attenta/ Q lilldrlvil@ STATS PTlNl @FFQQ JOHN GUGORA AND CHARLES I),FLAT/IM, OF NORTH BRADDOCK, PENNSYLVANIA.

DUST-FAN.

Application led March 3G, 1909.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, (l) JOHN GUGonA and (2) CHARLES D. FLAMM, (l) asubject of the King of Hungary, 2) a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at North Braddock, in the county of Allegheny and tateof Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful improvements inDust-Pans, of which the following is a specification, reference beinghad therein to the accompanying drawing.

rlhis invention relates to dust pans, and the objects of our inventionare, rst, to provide a novel dust pan in which dust and foreign mattercan be safely carried without danger' of spilling; second, to provide adust pan with a closure or lid that can be easily held in an openposition while dirt is being collected or swept into the opening, third,

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to provide a dust pan that can be advantageously used by porters of atrain, for eollecting dirt and garbage matter on a train without thecontents of the dust pan being observed by the occupants of a car; andfourth to provide a simple, neat. and inexpensive dirt receptacle thatwill occupy a comparatively small space in a house and prevent fumes orodors arising from the receptacle escaping.

Vile attain the above objects by a dirt receptacle that will behereinafter describes in detail and then specifically claimed, andreference will now be had to the drawings, wherein there is illustrateda preferred embodimentl of our invention, but it is to be understoodthat the structural details thereof can be varied or changed withoutdeparting from the spirit or scope of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective View of the dust pan showingthe manner of using the same, Fig. 2 is an enlarged side elevation ofthe dust pan, F ig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same withthe closure or lid thereof in an open position, and Fig. .tis a crosssectional view of the dust pan looking toward the large or rear end ofthe same.

ln the accompanying drawings l designates a bottom plate having integralside walls 2, connected by a top plate 3, and an end wall Li. The frontand rear edges of the side walls 2 are disposed at an incline to thevertical, the front edges being of a greater inclination than the rearedges, and these rear edges support the end wall 4L at an in-Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 2l, 1909.

sei-iai No. 486,693.

clination to the bottom plate l. The top edges of the side walls 2 aredisposed at an incline to the horizontal and support the top plate at anacute angle to the end wall d, and at an inclination relative to thebottom plate 1.

The front edges of the bottom plate l side walls 2, and top plate 3, areflanged inwardly or rimmed, as at and hinged to the front edge of thetop plate 3, as at 6, is a closure or lid 7 having inwardly flanged orrimmed edges S. The closure or lid 7 is adapted to engage the forwardedges of the bottom plate l and the side walls 2, and for retaining saidlid in a closed position, a coil spring 9 is attached to the inner sideof the lid 7 and to the under side of the top plate 3 adjacent to thehinges.

'E he outer face of the lid 7, adjacent to the hinged edge thereof, isprovided with a handle or grip 10, while centrally of the top plate 3 isa grip ll. The digits of the hand are adapted to engage in the grip llwhile the thumb engages the handle l0 and maintains the lid 7 in an openposition while dirt is being swept into the opening, as shown in Fig. l.

"With the lid 7 in a closed position, the dust pan can be carried by thehandle 10, while the end wall l can be used as a base to set the dustpan upon the floor. The angularity of the dirt compartment of the dustpan is not sufficient to cause the same to tilt when sitting in anupright position.

rl`he dust pan in its entirety is made of light and durablenon-corrosive metal, and is finished to present a neat appearance.

Having now described our invention, what we elaiin as new, is

ri. dust pan substantially rectangular in contour and comprising abottom plate, side walls and rear end wall, and a top plate; the rearends of the side walls being of materially greater height than the frontends of said walls and both of said ends extending at an incline to thevertical, the top plate being connected to the upper edges of the sidewalls and the inclination of this plate being in a straight line fromend to end thereof whereby the chamber within the pan graduallyincreases in area from the forward to the rear end thereof, the forwardends of the side walls being provided with rims, a lid hinged to the topplate at the forward end of the latter and having its edges ln testimonywhereof We affix our Signatures in the presence of two Witnesses.

JOHN GUGORALL CHARLES D. FLAMU.

provided With rims which engage the rims.' of the forward ends of thesido walls, coiled Spring having its ends Connected to the lid and toprespectively for normally holding 1 the lid in closed position, a handleSecured l to the lid, and a grip Secured to the top Wall approximatelycentrally thereof.

Vitnesses A. H. RABSAG, NICHOLAS TEKE.

